December 28. / 662. 3i1 them : Exod. 2 5. 2.1 2.2. And these [halt put the (../Verer feat above upon the e../4rk) and in the Ark. thou floe& put the refiimony that I(hall give thee, And there willI meet with thee, and I will commune wit h, theefrom above the Mercy-feat, from between the two Cherubim, which are upon the Ark, of the Teftimony, of all things I (hall give thee in com- mandment unto the Children of Ifrail. This Ark was Gods Foot- flool, and all the people of God worfIlip before the foot-tlool of God, Pfal. 99. 5. Exaltye the Lordour God, and Ivor (hip at his foot- ftool, for he is holy. The Ark, it was the glory and the flrength of Ifrael, Pfeil. 78. 61. And he deliveredhis Jtrength into captivity, and his itiry into his enemies hand ; And it was the terror of the enemies of god. And therefore when the Ark came into the Battel, the Phil,- flines were afraid, and faid, We unto ?is, for God income down into the Camp: And indeed this Ark was called Jehovah, Numb. to. 35. And it came to pap, when the /Irk let forward, that Moles raid, Rife up Lord, and let thine enemies be fcattered; And when it reit, el, be faid, Return, 0 Lord,unto the many thoufands of Ifrael. In a word, the Ark was a pledge, and a vifible fyrnptome of Gods gracious prefence with his people ; as long as the Ark was faxed, they were faxed ; and when the Ark was with them, Gods prefence was with them ; but when the Ark was gone, Godwas gone ; his comforting prefence, his proteeting pretence, and his prefervingprefence : And therefore nowonder that this good old man fate watching here for fear of the ark. I call him good old man; many are of opinion that he was not good, becaufe he fuffe red his Sons to be fo wicked ; and indeed his fault was great, but furely he was a good man, and I have two Ream fons to Wove it : Fitt+, in that he took the punifhment of his iniqui- ty fo patiently ; It is the Lord, let him do what feemeth him good. And fecondly, he was agood man, as appears by the Text ; his folicitouf- neffe for the Ark : Hefate trembling for fear of the Ark, Now this Arkwas a Type of three things. Firff, it was a Type of Jefus Chrift ; for God fpalte from the Ark , fo God fpeaks to us by Chriff. Secondly, It was a Type of the Church of Chrifl. ; for as the Ark was the preferver of the two Tables of the Law, fo the Church of Chrifl is the prefervative of the Scriptures. Thirdly, The Ark was a Type of the Ordinances of Chril ; for as God did communicate himfelE by the Ark, fo God by his Ordie,ances communicates his Councels, Comforts and Grace unto h;s people : The Ordinances of Chriff, they are the Oraeffitira by which he con- veys hirnfelf unto his people. Thus I have Chewed you what the Arkwas, Bbb
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